Greenfaulds High School is a mixed,

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six-year comprehensive secondary school. The original building was opened in 1971, while the new building was first opened to the public on 29 September 2016, and the old building has now been demolished. Greenfaulds is situated in the west of

Cumbernauld Cumbernauld (; gd, Comar nan Allt, meeting of the streams) is a large town in the historic county of Dunbartonshire and council area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the tenth most-populous locality in Scotland and the most populated t ...

and provides a service to the

Greenfaulds Greenfaulds ( gd, A' Bhuaile Ghlas, IPA: �ˈvuələˈɣɫ̪as̪ is an area of the town of Cumbernauld in Scotland. Greenfaulds was a half council half private estate built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The main road through the estate is a ri ...

, Ravenswood,

Condorrat Condorrat is a former village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Like Luggiebank, Castlecary and Dullatur, it predates the new town of Cumbernauld, but unlike those Condorrat was officially included in the designated new town area. Since then it has ...

, Westfield, Eastfield, Balloch,

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areas and parts of

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. The Head Teacher is James Vaugh-Sharp. The current school building has a maximum capacity of 1,450 pupils, making it the largest school in the Lanarskhire area and one of the largest in Scotland. Greenfaulds has six associated primary schools, which are Baird Memorial, Condorrat, Eastfield, Ravenswood, Westfield, and Woodlands.

Facilities

Subjects

The school teaches a wide variety of subjects, most of which are taught through first and second year. Some subjects are only taught as National 5 or Higher and above. Subjects include: * English *

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(Art, Music, Drama) * Social Subjects (History, Modern Studies,

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) * Technical (

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, Design and Manufacturing,

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) * Modern Languages (

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Scots Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

) * Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Psychology (16+), Environmental Science, Physics, ) * Health and Wellbeing (

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, Physical Education, Personal Development) * Computing (Computing Science, Accounting, Business Management, Admin & IT )

Activities & Events

The school usually hosts a theatre show at both Christmas and Summer. The shows are performed by the students at the school. Competitions are held yearly for the seven different house groups. Houses earn points through challenges, some of which are individual tasks, while others are teamwork activities. The school also hosts an award show at the end of each year. Pupils earn awards based on how many nominations they receive by their teachers (S1-S3) or based on their Prelim results (S4-S6). A guest speaker is also invited to speak at the event.

New School Building

The new school building was opened to the public in September 2016, and the original building has been demolished. The total cost of the project, which includes the new building, as well as the sport facilities was an estimated £31.2 million. Although the building does not have a pool, it is equipped with sports facilities such as a tennis court, grass pitch, and running track. The running track contains other sport events such as long jump, javelin and discus. The sporting facilities were completed August 2017, in time for the new school year 2017–2018.

Royal visit

* Greenfaulds High School had a visit from

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in June of 2019

References

External links

Greenfaulds High School's page
on Parentzone.
School's web-site
{{authority control Secondary schools in North Lanarkshire Scottish Gaelic-language secondary schools Cumbernauld 1971 establishments in Scotland Educational institutions established in 1971 School buildings completed in 2016